Tokyo Tony

What's a cardreader? :-[

By the way, there was a format option on my camera, which I did, and the camera and memory card are working perfectly now. Thanks guys, much appreciated :-)

Ok, I'll try that, thanks gents. I assume there's some kind of reformat option? Sorry, I'm kind of technologically-challenged :-[

Hey guys, I've tried for a while to find an answer to a problem I've been having with my digital camera - a Casio Exilim. I have a 2 gig memory card, but even after deleting all of the pictures off of it, I take one picture and it says "Memory Full". I think the problem happened because I was deleting the pictures off of the camera from my computer instead of directly from the camera. However, it seems like I should be able to do a quick fix and delete everything from the memory card in order to use it, but I can't figure it out - no files are showing on the card. I'm sure there's some kind of corrupt data in there that's taking up all the space. Any ideas without having to go to a camera shop or calling tech support? Thanks!

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Man, those are some nice fish. I would kill to have an outing like that. Nice!

Hmm, when you look closely it does look a little fishy. Another strange thing is that he's not straining at all with a 9+ pound fish, no elbow bend, and not a very strong grip for such a large fish. If that's photoshopped, that's freakin' lame. What say you?

Holy crap man! I wasn't expecting to see a pig like that. It is really tough to tell from the picture, but I'd say that's 9 or 10 pounds if not more. She has the classic bug eyes of a really big fish. She is massive, congratulations ;D Also, don't be ashamed of holding it so close to the camera. As Fish Chris says, holding it close to the camera gives us spectators a better idea of how big the fish actually is. When you don't hold it close, it invariably looks smaller than its true size.

Thanks guys :-) J - max depth is right at 12 feet, but that's just in one small area. There is a big portion of the pond that is 10 feet, but it's just a mucky bottom without any structure, except the ridge where it drops from 7/8 to 10. The thing is, I know for a fact that there is a good population of 2.5-6 pound fish in there because I've caught them. We just couldn't find more than one of the bigger fish. I'm starting to think maybe there were some bigger ones mixed in, but the smaller ones were so active that they outswam the bigger, lazier ones. Next time I'll throw a big subsurface bait (Mattlures soft 'gill) through the school of smaller fish to try to entice the big ones.

Depending on the girth, I'd say 6-6.5 lbs? Your brother's looks a little chunkier. Great outing ;D

Nice. It's pretty impressive that you still kept fishing after a 7 hour tourney, and caught many more 8-)

Great fish and story Paul ;D I can't imagine what it would be like for that fish to jump clear out of the water. Must have been intense!

May you avoid the curse of the pre-trip post ;D

Hey guys, I figured I'd post about my outing on 4/5 with fishizzle to one of my honey holes. I found the place on Google Earth, and to my knowledge, it has no name, so my brother and I dubbed it Huge Pond. considering the small size of the pond and the fact that it's in CT, the fish in it are huge; hence, the name :-) It was a high of 65 yesterday and very windy, with gusts near 30 mph. Due to a recent rainstorm, the water was muddy with temps ranging from 55 to 58. We started out working a shallow flat with spinnerbaits and chatterbaits with no luck. We fished some reeds and some wood with a variety of baits, still nothing. About an hour or so in, I made a "joke" cast to a little muddy area in less than a foot of water with a shallow diving LC crankbait, and a bass that was sunning itself in 6" of water nailed it. It wasn't much of a consolation because it seemed like a fluke and it wasn't something we could pattern. Fishizzle got a few dinks in a back cove on a jerkbait. We tried a different area with clearer water and picked off a few fish from laydowns by skipping wacky senkos, but that bite dried up pretty quickly. We tried a deep dropoff we know of in the middle of the pond for a bit with no luck. We were pretty much resigned to the fact that we just weren't going to have a successful day... until we went back to the first shoreline where we launched. It had been pounded with waves all day, and they were just stacked up there. Fishizzle caught some on a jerkbait (LC Pointer, aurora black) and I was getting them on a T-1 3/8 oz spinnerbait - double silver willow leaf, silver/blue/red/clear skirt. Unfortunately, they were all dinks under two pounds, but we were definitely getting a much-needed bass fix, getting strikes every couple of casts, with a few doubles as well. I said to fishizzle, "Think of how long we've waited through the winter for a day like this." So true. Anyway, at one point I made a cast out with the aforementioned spinnerbait, straight out from shore, and I felt the thump and the heaviness of a good fish. I knew right away it wasn't a dink, and not wanting to give her a chance, I forced her in and grabbed her lip. Finally, the first nice fish of the year, just about an even four pounds, picture below. We continued to catch a bunch of smaller ones for a while, then the bite died as quickly as it had come, although we continued to catch several more in the next couple of hours. In that 1.5 hours of fast action we had probably caught about 40 fish combined. I messed around with my 9" Mattlures Woody for a bit (if that sounds funny to you, grow up ;-) ), with no luck. Still waiting to get one on the wakebait. Sorry for the long post, but I figured I'd share the story of the best day of '09 so far. Hopefully it'll just get better from here. As always, thanks to fishizzle for a great day - it's always a pleasure, even when we got skunked at the same pond two or three weeks ago.

That's awesome, congrats Hookem :-) You'll realize how fortunate you are when you graduate without any college loans to pay off. They can be a huge burden. Also, my grandfather was a dentist. He said it was by far the best profession because once you have your own practice, you make your own hours, you make great money, and you don't have the stressful burden of frivolous malpractice suits that can quickly end your career. He used to work 5 am to noon during the week and play golf for the rest of the day, for his whole career. Oh, and you're never on call. Good luck, and again, congrats!!!!!

Beautiful fish there J Nice to be bass fishing, finally!

Well if he's being a *****, then by all means. I thought you were judging him simply based on the fact that he's a teenager who has an expensive car.

You don't know that the kid is a brat. He may be, but if his dad can afford it, why the heck not? For all you know, he's the nicest kid in the world and truly appreciates what he has. If he's a d-bag, then by all means, vent away. Odds are, the father has worked his butt off to be able to spoil his kid, and it's his money, so let him do with it what he wants. For the record, I am not, nor was I, one of those kids. My first car was a used Mercury Sable that was less than $2K and I felt like the luckiest kid in the world because my mom bought it for me and I actually had a car that worked, unlike a some of my friends.

Two words: Cheese Doodles

Not straight shank, but these are what I use for flipping: http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20166-cat20291&id=0018696117701a&navCount=4&podId=0018696&parentId=cat20291&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=QX&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat20291&hasJS=true Very strong, and you won't find a hook that penetrates better.

If you're looking for a stealthy line, Ultrasoft is not the best. It is incredibly strong but quite visible. If you're concerned with visibility you could always use a flourocarbon leader. However, I don't think line visibility is as much of an issue as people think it is.

Uni to uni, make seven turns on each end. Braid to flouro/mono, uni to uni with seven turns on the braid, four on the flouro/mono. Very strong, small diameter, and easy-to-tie knot.

I love this. Macs are EVERY bit as vulnerable. The Mac OSx is equally as susceptible to not only this worm, but numerous other viruses, yet Mac users don't seem to think so. The three whose Mac's I cleaned do now, though. I know very little about computers, but I thought Macs had far fewer problems with viruses because the vast majority of viruses are written for PCs. Granted, that doesn't mean that Macs aren't vulnerable, but doesn't that mean that, at least as of now, Mac owners will experience little to no problems with viruses? That has been my experience.

I was hoping the same. Oh well :-/